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Table 2 Unadjusted comparison of mortality in laparotomy first versus TAE first cases

From: Comparison between laparotomy first versus angiographic embolization first in patients with pelvic fracture and hemoperitoneum: a nationwide observational study from the Japan Trauma Data Bank

Outcome

 

All patients

Laparotomy first

TAE first

RR

95% CI

N = 317

N = 123

N = 194

Death within 24 hr

(number [%])

77 (24%)

40 (33%)

37 (19%)

1.71

1.16-2.51*

Death in hospital

(number [%])

102 (32%)

50 (41%)

52 (27%)

1.52

1.11-2.08*

  1. CI, confidence intervals; RR, risk ratio; TAE, transcatheter arterial embolization.
  2. *p values significant at (p < 0.05).
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241